Ordering a Focus from Amazon Wireless, SD Card not included.

For reals??? I was under the impression that they all came with an 8GB card. Yeah it was a penny for the phone, but now I gotta go out and buy a "MS cerified" SD card. And seeing as some people are having problems with "MS certified" SD cards, I'm not a happy camper right now.

It's wierd, because even the Quickstart guide states how to install the SD card with "not included" in parenthesis. Did everyone get an SD card with their phones?

Thanks for that info! I thought I got ripped off! Somehow from all the reading I did about this phone, I thought that the 8GB SD card was the internal memory and people were just replacing the SD card. Now I know better, that it is actually a flash memory of type.

Were you really able to purchase the phone for a penny? I heard about this deal somewhere on the Internet the other day, but when I went to try to see if it was true it never showed up as $0.01 for price.

Yup. I got it for a penny from Amazon. No tax (depends what state you live in). Maybe it's over. I made the purchase last Friday (Dec 3, 2010). I even called AT&T and made sure that I was able to keep my unlimited data for $30. They noted my account and told me to call back 611 if my data plan changes. Got it today, sure enough my data plan changed. Just got off the phone and they assured me they are going to change it back. They just need a manager to override it. Instead of staying on the phone I told them to just text or email me once they have succesfully changed it back.

Yup. I got it for a penny from Amazon. No tax (depends what state you live in). Maybe it's over. I made the purchase last Friday (Dec 3, 2010). I even called AT&T and made sure that I was able to keep my unlimited data for $30. They noted my account and told me to call back 611 if my data plan changes. Got it today, sure enough my data plan changed. Just got off the phone and they assured me they are going to change it back. They just need a manager to override it. Instead of staying on the phone I told them to just text or email me once they have succesfully changed it back.

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I had to deal with all that as well, however I was blaming the store I went to as they barely knew anything about the Windows Phone 7 anyway and were passing my Samsung Focus around like a toy. I called AT&T to make sure them telling me "yes you have to change your plan" was true, and as I figured it wasn't so I was happy they solved my problem directly and I sent a not-so-happy feedback survey about the store I went to.

You got that survey they sent through email too? LOL Yeah I didn't give the store I visited a very good feedback. Or more specifically the associate that helped me. I usually go into corp store first to check out the phones then order from Amazon, beacuse it's always cheaper. It was the first time I had held a WP7 phone and she was pretty amazed at the phone as I was playing around the menus and settings, like it was the first time she had seen it work. I mean she works there? What happened to all the training they supposedly got? Maybe she was new. I dunno. But she didn't leave a very good impression.

I had bought a 16gb Sandisk Class 2 card through Amazon from a third party distributor (which I hear is not a good practice) and everything was going along fairly smoothly until it rebooted after freezing when checking a text message. After it rebooted, everything was back to factory settings, and I had the dreaded "15.xx mb available." I restarted the phone (by holding down the power button), and everything was restored. I hope this was just a fluke occurrence.

I purchased my Samsung Focus on Amazon Wireless on November 19 for $50 so I'm not complaining. Of course, if I would've known a few weeks later it would be a penny I would've had no problem waiting, but hey can't have it always the way you'd like.

I purchased my Samsung Focus on Amazon Wireless on November 19 for $50 so I'm not complaining. Of course, if I would've known a few weeks later it would be a penny I would've had no problem waiting, but hey can't have it always the way you'd like.

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Yeah price isn't everything. Right after I purchased my phone from Amazon, I found out Costco had it for $49. I would have rather bought it from Costco, because I know they are very good about exchanging items.

Yeah price isn't everything. Right after I purchased my phone from Amazon, I found out Costco had it for $49. I would have rather bought it from Costco, because I know they are very good about exchanging items.

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yep, I got mine from Amazon as well (I'm a stockholder ) and they are typically pretty good to deal with.

Can someone comment on if the amazon penny deal is legit? I just ordered the phone on amazon, while it is still being sold for $199 at the ATT store. Just seems too good to be true... Only extra stipulation from amazon seems to be that you can't change your plan for the first 6 months - otherwise a hefty fine will be imposed.

Thanks for your swift reply. I was also wondering if swapping my new focus phone number with an existing ATT line (so I can keep the old number on the new focus) would somehow be viewed as "changing my phone plan" by amazon and somehow incur that huge penalty... My old phone doesn't have a data plan, so I would be tranferring the data plan from the new number onto my old one. Sorry if this sounds incoherent - I am kind of paranoid about violating some part of this confusing contract.